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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has signed an executive order to initiate “Rental Ripoff” hearings in an effort to “share poor conditions, unconscionable business practices that the City will act on.”

According to the city:

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani today signed an executive order directing the Department of Housing Preservation & Development, the Department of Buildings, the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, in coordination with the new Office of Mass Engagement, to hold “Rental Ripoff” hearings across the five boroughs within the first 100 days of the administration. At these hearings, working New Yorkers will be able to speak about the challenges they face – from poor building conditions to hidden fees on rent payments. Following these hearings, the Mamdani administration will publish a summary and report detailing common themes and areas of opportunity, and the testimony shared at these hearings will directly inform policy interventions to take on these ripoff tactics. Details about the hearings will be available at nyc.gov/RentalRipoff.

Now, what will be the result of this? Surely, they have considered that this might run more landlords out of the city, right? Well, it would appear not.

New York already has some of the most radical rent control laws in the country. How can the government possibly engage in more control? While some may see this initiative as innocent early on, as they portray it as an effort to help those struggling to make ends meet, it stems from an ideology that hates private property rights.

People like Mamdani hate private property because it results in inequality and freedom. When people have more freedom to own the means of their labor, they work hard for that and don’t rely on the government. If you don’t rely on the government, then they have less control over the people. So, while this may seem cute at first, it’s anything but, as it’s rooted in an evil ideology that loathes freedom and individualism.

Worst of all, this ideology he is backing has been tried time and again, and the result is mass suffering and death, which is, again, anything but cute.

So, while we can try to be optimistic that this will help those Mamdani claims it’s going to help, I am not so convinced. What do you think?

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